Lil AK Trap

Lil Ak Trap known as Moshtak Al-Hassan is a young artist by the age of 17, he is an upcoming artist coming out of Calgary, Alberta. He is known for creating a variety of unique flows and melodies in his music. He has been loving music as his passion ever since he was a little kid and now he peruses that dream. He is currently independent.

How It All Started
Moshtak Al-Hassan known as Lil Ak Trap had such a big passion for music ever since he was in middle school as he said in the Boring Podcast. He loved singing as that was his biggest passion, as he always dreamed of writing his own music started grade 10. He started writing music and kept writing until he finished a song which was deleted (misery). He recorded using a tablet and apple airpods off GarageBand. He did not receive a lot of plays and attention during this period of time, he kept staying up writing music and still recording on a tablet who his brother helped him.

Early 2019 - Late 2019: First Hits
Ak Trap released a new single "Sippin" as he was able to release his single to streaming services. After appearing in Hip Hop HQ's video for the Worst Rap Songs of 2019, "Sippin" gained thousands of views in just a few days. He announced his debut album "AKS WORLD 01", scheduled for release in 2020. This album gained quite a few of impressions but not yet reaching the amount of audience he wished.

Early 2020 - Late 2020: Grinding + Career Building
During early 2020, AK Trap began contact with a professional producer+engineer in his city, this producer runs a studio business called "Alchemy Studios" AK Trap's first ever song to be recorded in a professional studio is "Act Up" which was on Ak's World 01 a 1:47 song that would change his career and people's perspective on AK Trap. In which he releases a peek song for "AKs World 01" He released "Capper" on February 4, 2020, The song reached a thousand plays on SoundCloud in a week. April of 2020, AK Trap meets Kaydence from his younger brothers school, after connecting, suddenly dating. It has since become somewhat of a secondary stage name for him. After AK Trap returns to the studio multiple times to finish his album, after finally releasing it on the Summer Of 2020. Grade 11 Starts for AK Trap on September 4th 2020, a few months later, going with a new look with one side of his hair dyed red. On December 5th 2020, AK Trap alongside his younger brother, professionally known as "TEKKFOOT" go on air with Calgary's most known podcast station "Boring Podcast" chatting about love stories, romances, and overall improvement - (DEC 5 2020 PODCAST LINK)

2021: Melodic change of style
On January 19, 2021, AK Trap releases "See Me No More" sticking with a melodic feel and style. AK Trap has been going to the same studio for almost a year, working on new melodic songs. Since then, AK Trap has received a lot of positive feedback, he became one of the most popular and respected individual rappers at his local High School. He released the single "Trippin" on March 12, 2021. He started hoping on Instagram lives with the infamous Island Boys to clown their appearance. This caused his Instagram account to rack up more followers. His second album "Mixed Emotions" came out on July 15, 2021. It received negative reviews from critics, suggesting him to ditch the melodic style and return to the hard trap music from 2020. The critical reception didn't stop the album from being successful as the tracks racked up thousands of streams on all platforms. "Streets Cry" was released on October 29, 2021 with Sulgeneris. It became his most popular song on Soundcloud with over fifty-thousand streams. The last single he released in 2021 was "Unstoppable" on December 24, 2021 along with a music video.

2022: AKT Token
On February 28, Lil AK Trap announced that he would be releasing his own NFT token called "AKT Token."

Critical Reception
His most popular single "Sippin" appeared on Hip Hop HQ's Top 100 Worst Rap Songs of 2019 list at No. 80. His albums have received negative to mixed reviews from reviewers on both RateYourMusic and Album of the Year.

Albums

 * AKS WORLD 01 (2020)